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To: DoughtyOne
"This could get very ugly."

Agree.

Isn't Turkey in NATO and wouldn't an attack on them require a response from other NATO members...including us?

31 posted on 07/27/2014 10:01:02 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: blam

But not an attack from Turkey.

The USA was also obligated by Treaty to aid Argentina during the Falklands War due to our obligations as signatories of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.


35 posted on 07/27/2014 10:12:15 PM PDT by Reaganez
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To: blam

You seem to be right about NATO membership. Others have chimed in too. My thought on that is that there is an internationally recognized blockade of the Gaza Strip. There is justification for it, and the world community has evidently signed on conceptually.

Here Turkey would be running an internationally recognized blockade. That would seem to give NATA member nations wiggle room to avoid involvement.

I do think Vlad could play the sympathy card, and woo Turkey away. Turkey may buy off on that. I don’t know.


62 posted on 07/28/2014 8:23:47 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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